I wish I was exaggerating the amount of times I tell people that my all-time favorite use for coconut oil is in baked goods. If you haven’t tried baking with coconut oil then let me tell you – you’re missing out! Coconut oil is a healthy fat which can be substituted in cooking or baking for butter or oil in any recipe. From my baking experience in the past, I would run into issues of cakes being dry, hard cookies that would crumble and breads just didn’t have the texture I wanted. Using coconut oil in my baked goods has […]

I haven’t used butter in my house in almost over two years. I became introduced to coconut oil as a healthy replacement to butter and have become hooked! Not only is it a healthy alternative but it really enhances the flavors of my food. Instead of my food tasting like butter, the natural flavors of the food are really enhanced by cooking with coconut oil. I must admit that I do miss the taste of butter, especially on my toast in the mornings. This is where a new favorite recipe of mine comes into play; coconut oil honey butter! Ingredients: […]

I’m always looking for new recipes or restaurants to try out for my family. I recently discovered a great site, The Daily Meal, which is a website that is basically all things food and drink. Whether you’re looking for a recipe or going to a new city and need to find a great restaurant, this site should be your go-to! In doing some browsing around, I discovered that they had a post on 50 unsuspected uses for coconut oil. I began reading it and obviously found some great unique uses; I even found some new ones that I had never […]